2011 Professional Golf Tour of India
| Duration | 13 January 2011 – 10 December 2011 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 21 |
| Most wins |  Gaganjeet Bhullar (4) |
| Order of Merit | Chiragh Kumar |
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The 2011 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2011 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₹) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jan | Gujarat Kensville Challenge | Gujarat | €200,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (7) |
12 | CHA |
| 29 Jan | American Express Bangladesh Open | Bangladesh | 2,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (8) |
n/a | |
| 5 Feb | PGTI Players Championship (Royal Calcutta) | West Bengal | 3,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (9) |
n/a | |
| 11 Feb | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) | West Bengal | 4,000,000 | Anirban Lahiri (6) |
n/a | |
| 26 Feb | PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) | Rajasthan | 3,000,000 | Sanjay Kumar (1) |
n/a | |
| 5 Mar | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) | Haryana | 4,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (10) |
n/a | |
| 2 Apr | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) | Haryana | 4,000,000 | Anirban Lahiri (7) |
n/a | |
| 9 Apr | Panasonic Open (India) | Delhi | US$300,000 | Anirban Lahiri (8) |
14 | ASA |
| 17 Apr | Surya Nepal Masters | Nepal | 2,500,000 | Rashid Khan (1) |
n/a | |
| 21 May | SRF All India Matchplay Championship | Delhi | 2,500,000 | Manav Jaini (1) |
n/a | |
| 4 Jun | PGTI Players Championship (Poona) | Maharashtra | 2,500,000 | Shankar Das (2) |
n/a | |
| 10 Jun | PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) | Maharashtra | 2,500,000 | Sujjan Singh (2) |
n/a | |
| 26 Aug | PGTI Players Championship (Classic) | Haryana | 2,500,000 | Jyoti Randhawa (6) |
n/a | |
| 17 Sep | Global Green Bangalore Open | Karnataka | 4,000,000 |  Anura Rohana (1) |
n/a | |
| 23 Sep | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon) | Maharashtra | 4,000,000 | Feroz Ali Mollah (1) |
n/a | |
| 1 Oct | DLF Masters | Haryana | 9,500,000 | Himmat Rai (2) |
n/a | |
| 8 Oct | Haryana Open | Haryana | 5,000,000 | Mithun Perera (1) |
n/a | |
| 5 Nov | BILT Open | Uttar Pradesh | 10,000,000 | Chiragh Kumar (3) |
n/a | |
| 27 Nov | Tata Open | Jharkhand | 5,000,000 | Vinod Kumar (1) |
n/a | |
| 3 Dec | IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf | Assam | 2,500,000 | Shankar Das (3) |
n/a | |
| 10 Dec | CG Open | Maharashtra | 10,000,000 | Jyoti Randhawa (7) |
n/a |
Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was titled as the Rolex Rankings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (₹) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiragh Kumar |
3,706,821 |
| 2 | Jyoti Randhawa |
3,360,817 |
| 3 | Mukesh Kumar |
2,842,592 |
| 4 | Anirban Lahiri |
2,713,800 |
| 5 | Shamim Khan |
2,697,825 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Professional Golf Tour of India events they had won up to and including that tournament.
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
References
[edit]- ^ "2011 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "2011 Rolex Rankings". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Jyoti Randhawa captures CG Open title". Firstpost. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
As the 2011 Aircel PGTI season came to an end today, Chiragh Kumar of Delhi, who finished tied ninth with a total of six under 274, ended the year as the number one on the Rolex Rankings with total earnings of Rs 3,706,821 to seal the Rolex Player of the Year Award for 2011.